The Effects of Global Recession


Businesses are affected by global recession in a range of ways.

Task One

In the 2009/10 financial year, the NZ Rugby Union made significant losses which they blamed on the Recession. Watch the video at the following link and complete the table below mapping the effects of the recession on the NZRU.

NZ Rugby Union unveils $15.9mill loss

book_edit.pngComplete the table
The 1st Column Identifies four different functions (or departments) of the NZRU. Your groups' job is to identify at least two impacts that the global recession has had, or might have had, on each of the NZRU functions. Use the first column to identify any impacts that you were directly told about in the video. Use the second column to identify those impacts that you are suggesting based on your own knowledge of the business and the recession.

Business Function
What I KNOW happened based on the video
What I think is likely to happen given the recession
Finance Department


Human Resources Department


Ticket Sales Office


Corpoarte Sponsorship Department



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Share your answers with your group, and fill in any 'gaps' in your own table. You may want to improve on your table as a group, and ammend your original answers as you disucss the ideas that are raised.

book_edit.png Add to your portfolio
Add the completed table to your portfolio.
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Before you move on to the next page, you should have added the following things to your portfolio:
  • The table of impacts of the recession on the NZRU is added to your portfolio

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I'm ready to move on!